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Why the same plate lands differently in two bodies.

Tuesday reads · Food

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Week 1

Why does dal-chawal spike my blood sugar but not my sister's?

How fast you turn carbohydrates into blood sugar is partly genetic, shaped by genes like AMY1 and TCF7L2 that vary a lot between people in the same family.

Week 2

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Why do I feel bloated after milk when everyone says it's healthy?

Because most Indian adults stop making the enzyme that digests milk sugar after childhood - only around one in eight carries the variant for lifelong tolerance.

Week 3

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Do I actually need all these supplements I'm taking?

Probably not - most people absorb only some of what they take, and which ones depend on genes like MTHFR for B12 and VDR for vitamin D.

Week 4

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Why does the same diet make me gain weight but not my friend?

The FTO gene influences appetite and how your body responds to high-carbohydrate diets, so the same eating pattern can drive weight gain in one person and not another.

Week 6

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Why do I crave something sweet at exactly 4pm every day?

That mid-afternoon sugar craving that arrives like clockwork is rarely about weak willpower, and it is almost never random - for most people it is a predictable collision of biology, blood sugar, and habit, with a quiet genetic influence sitting underneath.